Ian Happ homered and drove in four runs on three hits, Pete Crow-Armstrong added his team-leading 16th home run and Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 7-1 on Thursday night to earn their seventh consecutive series victory.

A pair of baserunning mistakes, a short start from Jake Irvin and issues in the field conspire for a 7-1 loss in the rubber game of the three-game set.

Chicago Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker was removed from Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds after an awkward slide into second base.

And since the Cubs begin Thursday still leading MLB in runs per game at 5.87 and total runs with 223, I figured I’d take a look at this anyway, a good off-day topic. In the Modern Era (since ...

LAST 10 GAMES: Cubs: 5-5, .258 batting average, 3.90 ERA, outscored opponents by nine runs Dodgers: 7-3, .223 batting average, 4.15 ERA, outscored by four runs